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YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU VOLUME X - NUMBER 20
Weekly News Letter From Office of Karl Mundt For Release - June 16 or after
A NOTE FOR REPUBLICANS ONLY! Since the inception of these weekly news letters nearly
ten years ago, it has been the purpose and plan of YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU to report
as objectively as possible on Washington and World developments and to relate them to
the interests and attitudes of South Dakota folks. In other words it is our plan to
keep these weekly reports in the category of NEWS letters rather than POLITICAL reports and so long as we continue to prepare these weekly letters that will remain our policy.
However, I feel sure nobody will criticize me seriously if I start this week's
report with a word of sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Republicans of South
Dakota who so generously and greatly supported my candidacy for the Senate in the
Republican primaries of June the first. Your votes of confidence and support make me
exceedingly humble in my gratitude - they far exceeded my fondest expectations - they
make me deeply conscious of the tremendous responsibilities which are mine in trying
to measure up to your expectations. I shall do my best but I shall continue to need
the counsel, the criticisms, and the constructive suggestions of South Dakota citizens
- Democrats and Republicans alike - in my efforts to represent and reflect in Washington the ideals and attitudes of the folks back home whose patriotism and energy are serving to make and keep South Dakota the best State in the Union.
I have been busy for a week in Washington answering the hundreds of letters and
messages of congratulations and getting caught up with the things which were "on the
griddle" when I returned for the last two weeks of the primaries. To all those who
have sent in their congratulations and to all those whose ballots on June first made
these congratulations possible, I extend a most sincere and heartfelt "thank you".
And to my able primary opponent, Otto B. Linstad of Pierre, I tender my appreciation
and congratulations for a hard fought, constructive, able, and clean-cut campaign
which served to stimulate thinking on governmental matters and which was conducted
in conformity with the best traditions of our American system of elections.
-o-
FOR A STRONGER UNITED NATIONS. Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee reported favorably to the House, H.R. 6802, "a bill for the purpose of strengthening the United Nations and promoting International Cooperation and peace." H.R. 6802 is the
outgrowth of bills introduced by Congressman Judd of Minnesota, Congressman Mundt,
and a number of others and on which extensive hearings were held by our Committee a
month or so ago. Copies of these hearings are available from this office to anyone specifically requesting them.
After Congressmen Judd and Mundt had testified on this proposition to revamp or
modify or amend the United Nations Charter in order to enable it to work more effectively for peace and security, Secretary of State Marshall, Warren Austin, American Delegate to the U.N., Dorothy Thompson, Henry Wallace, Ely Culbertson, Clarence
Streit, and a long list of other witnesses testified including John Foster Dulles of New York. Out of it all and developing from long committee discussions in executive session came H.R. 6802.
H.R. 6802 provides that the United States shall activate itself in steps looking
to the abatement of the misuse of the veto in the Security Council and that it "shall
initiate consultations with other member nations, concerning the need for and possibility of amending the Charter so as to enable the United Nations more effectively to prohibit and prevent aggression or other breaches of the peace." It also authorizes
the loan of $65,000,000 by the United States to the U.N. for the purpose of building
the permanent home of the United Nations in New York City. It is hoped to get action
on H.R. 6802 before the Congressional recess.
-o-
FROM WASHINGTON TO PIERRE. Last week, also, the House approved S. 1925, for the
purpose of transferring to the City of Pierre a tract of land which Pierre had earlier
given to the Interior Department for the possible construction of an Indian Sanitarium there. Since the land was never utilized for this purpose, Congress has by this Act restored the gift to the City of Pierre. Senator Gurney handled this legislation
in the Senate, Congressman Mundt handled it in the House.
-o-
MUNDT-NIXON BILL. Much of your Congressman's time has been spent lately on the Senate
side of the Capitol but it was not in any effort to "beat the gun" by operating over
there prior to next January! Instead, it was in long conferences with the Senate
Judiciary Committee in an effort to help them understand and to encourage them to
approve the so-called Mundt-Nixon Bill to control Communism.
Considerable progress has been made and as this is written, the Senators are
showing encouraging support for this House-approved measure (319 to 58 in the House).
Unless it gets "caught by the clock" in the rush of pre-adjournment business, it now
appears the Senate will act favorably on the Mundt-Nixon measure. Incidentally,
nearly a thousand letters and wires have come in commenting on the Foster-Mundt
debate over ABC. Comments are running 92% favorable - 8% critical and of the 8%,
about half are abusive, almost hysterical tirades from anonymous writers.

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YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU VOLUME X - NUMBER 20
Weekly News Letter From Office of Karl Mundt For Release - June 16 or after
A NOTE FOR REPUBLICANS ONLY! Since the inception of these weekly news letters nearly
ten years ago, it has been the purpose and plan of YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU to report
as objectively as possible on Washington and World developments and to relate them to
the interests and attitudes of South Dakota folks. In other words it is our plan to
keep these weekly reports in the category of NEWS letters rather than POLITICAL reports and so long as we continue to prepare these weekly letters that will remain our policy.
However, I feel sure nobody will criticize me seriously if I start this week's
report with a word of sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Republicans of South
Dakota who so generously and greatly supported my candidacy for the Senate in the
Republican primaries of June the first. Your votes of confidence and support make me
exceedingly humble in my gratitude - they far exceeded my fondest expectations - they
make me deeply conscious of the tremendous responsibilities which are mine in trying
to measure up to your expectations. I shall do my best but I shall continue to need
the counsel, the criticisms, and the constructive suggestions of South Dakota citizens
- Democrats and Republicans alike - in my efforts to represent and reflect in Washington the ideals and attitudes of the folks back home whose patriotism and energy are serving to make and keep South Dakota the best State in the Union.
I have been busy for a week in Washington answering the hundreds of letters and
messages of congratulations and getting caught up with the things which were "on the
griddle" when I returned for the last two weeks of the primaries. To all those who
have sent in their congratulations and to all those whose ballots on June first made
these congratulations possible, I extend a most sincere and heartfelt "thank you".
And to my able primary opponent, Otto B. Linstad of Pierre, I tender my appreciation
and congratulations for a hard fought, constructive, able, and clean-cut campaign
which served to stimulate thinking on governmental matters and which was conducted
in conformity with the best traditions of our American system of elections.
-o-
FOR A STRONGER UNITED NATIONS. Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee reported favorably to the House, H.R. 6802, "a bill for the purpose of strengthening the United Nations and promoting International Cooperation and peace." H.R. 6802 is the
outgrowth of bills introduced by Congressman Judd of Minnesota, Congressman Mundt,
and a number of others and on which extensive hearings were held by our Committee a
month or so ago. Copies of these hearings are available from this office to anyone specifically requesting them.
After Congressmen Judd and Mundt had testified on this proposition to revamp or
modify or amend the United Nations Charter in order to enable it to work more effectively for peace and security, Secretary of State Marshall, Warren Austin, American Delegate to the U.N., Dorothy Thompson, Henry Wallace, Ely Culbertson, Clarence
Streit, and a long list of other witnesses testified including John Foster Dulles of New York. Out of it all and developing from long committee discussions in executive session came H.R. 6802.
H.R. 6802 provides that the United States shall activate itself in steps looking
to the abatement of the misuse of the veto in the Security Council and that it "shall
initiate consultations with other member nations, concerning the need for and possibility of amending the Charter so as to enable the United Nations more effectively to prohibit and prevent aggression or other breaches of the peace." It also authorizes
the loan of $65,000,000 by the United States to the U.N. for the purpose of building
the permanent home of the United Nations in New York City. It is hoped to get action
on H.R. 6802 before the Congressional recess.
-o-
FROM WASHINGTON TO PIERRE. Last week, also, the House approved S. 1925, for the
purpose of transferring to the City of Pierre a tract of land which Pierre had earlier
given to the Interior Department for the possible construction of an Indian Sanitarium there. Since the land was never utilized for this purpose, Congress has by this Act restored the gift to the City of Pierre. Senator Gurney handled this legislation
in the Senate, Congressman Mundt handled it in the House.
-o-
MUNDT-NIXON BILL. Much of your Congressman's time has been spent lately on the Senate
side of the Capitol but it was not in any effort to "beat the gun" by operating over
there prior to next January! Instead, it was in long conferences with the Senate
Judiciary Committee in an effort to help them understand and to encourage them to
approve the so-called Mundt-Nixon Bill to control Communism.
Considerable progress has been made and as this is written, the Senators are
showing encouraging support for this House-approved measure (319 to 58 in the House).
Unless it gets "caught by the clock" in the rush of pre-adjournment business, it now
appears the Senate will act favorably on the Mundt-Nixon measure. Incidentally,
nearly a thousand letters and wires have come in commenting on the Foster-Mundt
debate over ABC. Comments are running 92% favorable - 8% critical and of the 8%,
about half are abusive, almost hysterical tirades from anonymous writers.